We don’t usually see weakness as something good. Most of us try to avoid it, fix it, or hide it. But what if weakness isn’t the problem? What if it’s the opportunity? A Thorn and a Lesson in Grace In 2 Corinthians 12, Paul shares something intensely personal: “So to keep me from becoming conceited…

Remember when people used to say that if you played a record backwards, you could hear secret messages? As weird as that sounds, I think there’s something similar happening in our lives. We’ve picked up hidden tracks—messages about strength, self-reliance, and protection—that have quietly embedded themselves into the soundtrack of our hearts. We’ve internalized them….

Weakness. Just reading that word might make you wince a little. It’s not something we celebrate. Not something we post about. It’s the thing we hide. But what if we’ve gotten it all wrong? Paul’s Thorn & a Radical Redefinition In 2 Corinthians 12:9, the Apostle Paul shares something that flips the script: But He…

NEW FOR THIS WEEK: Recently I remembered a place I went to as a teenager. It was a place I had only heard about growing up. They called it The Secret Sidewalk. You had to know someone who knew someone. Hidden off Old Canyon Road, down a trail and across some old railroad tracks, it was…